kamaraju kusumanchi [2016-03-10 00:35:33-05] wrote:
> Is it possible to change the behaviour of the "cd" command or have a
> new command which works like cd but with an extra feature so that it
> goes into the directory as deep as possible.
>
> For example, if I do
> cd a1/a2/a3/a4
>
> If all the directories are present, we cd into a1/a2/a3/a4.
> If all the directories are present except for a4, we cd into a1/a2/a3
> If a1 and a2 directories exist but not a3, we cd into a1/a2
> etc.,
>
> If it matters, I am using zsh on a machine running Debian Jessie. But
> I am open to experiment with other shells if needed. Any thoughts?
I don't know about zsh but here's a sh/bash function:
mycd() {
local dir=$1
while ! cd -- "$dir"; do
dir=$(dirname -- "$dir")
done
}
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